Technology

Our future self has desires, ambitions, and big plans for us. Now it also has an app. Have you ever looked back and wished you could tell your 16-year old self some sage piece of advice? I have. But what about your future self? I just love the new app...

Back in 2012, I started looking into what digital culture is doing to our sense of identity. I was especially curious about how the Internet is affecting the interplay between identity and ambition. I’m talking about how our drive to become someone–to make something of our selves–might be transforming in...

Millennials and Gen Z live in two worlds. The time spent in the virtual world competes aggressively with life in real-time. It also means coming of age in two worlds. For the past five years, I have followed the lives of 90 Millennials and Gen Z teens using social media...

Last night, I juggled a bag of groceries on my knee while I rifling through my handbag to answer my cell phone. Yes, 2016 is off to a hectic start. Our devices make us efficient. And I love every handy APP on my phone. But why is it that I...

We love following BusinessTown!, a Tumblr blog devoted to cartoon versions of Silicon Valley stereotypes. Lately it’s been blowing up on the internet. Cleverly illustrated by Lunch Breath, it reimagines the charming characters created by Richard Scarry, the children’s author most well-known for his Busytown series. We see “value-creating winners”...

Dating coaches are a growing industry. It’s a high-tech, high-touch phenomenon spurred by the explosion of online dating. Amy Alkon began her love-advice giving on a street corner in Manhattan. It was an experiment. She set up a table, made a sign, and waited to see what would happen. Remarkably, people...